I don't know what it is, or why editors haven't banned it yet:
But why, oh why, do people actually put "Die Hard was a Christmas movie" in their books??! I don't understand! Help me understand. I immediately want to stop reading a book once I read that part. (I didn't) Is it supposed to be quirky? Smart? Thinking outside the box? Cool? Please, anyone, help me understand. I don't have an opinion one way or another about the actual movie. I've never seen it. It's just, if I am watching a movie or reading a book and a character says that line, I die a little inside. Okay, a lot. So much cringe. It's overused and nowhere near original.
Other than that, I actually liked the book. It passed my Hallmark test. Just enough cheese and not too much realism, I loved it all. It just dropped a bit thanks to that aforementioned line.